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Whitewashes

w 4h 4i 1t 1e 1w 4a 1s 1h 4e 1s 1

About 4 syllables

noun · verb · 11 letters · Common · plural and third-person singular form of whitewash

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does whitewashes mean?

noun

  1. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

  2. wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces

  3. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

verb

  1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

    “Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin”

    Synonymsgloss oversleek overhush up

  2. cover with whitewash

    “whitewash walls”

  3. exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

Definitions shown for whitewash, the base form of whitewashes.

Is WHITEWASHES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is WHITEWASHES worth?

Scrabble

23 pts
w 4h 4i 1t 1e 1w 4a 1s 1h 4e 1s 1

Words With Friends

21 pts
w 4h 3i 1t 1e 1w 4a 1s 1h 3e 1s 1

Wordfeud

23 pts
w 4h 4i 1t 1e 1w 4a 1s 1h 4e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

23 pts
w 5h 3i 1t 1e 1w 5a 1s 1h 3e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in WHITEWASHES

Words that end like WHITEWASHES

Common words that share the ending -ASHES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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All words ending in -ASHES

Whitewashes: quick answers

Is WHITEWASHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. WHITEWASHES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 23 points before board bonuses.
How many points is WHITEWASHES worth?
WHITEWASHES scores 23 points in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends, 23 in Wordfeud and 23 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does whitewashes mean?
whitewashes is the plural and third-person singular form of whitewash, which means “a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in WHITEWASHES?
You can make 388 shorter words from WHITEWASHES, such as WHITEWASH, SHWESHWE, WHEESHTS, HEEHAWS. See the full list.